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Operations and Supply Chain Terms


Operations concepts, definitions and terms are covered in this Operations & SCM Dictionary. Operations & supplychain terms glossary covers concepts, definitions & tutorials related to SCM, inventory, logistics, warehousing, procurement, distribution and more.

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11 Activity Analysis 11380
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14296
13 Actual Demand 11091
14 Aggregate Planning 12028
15 Air Cargo 9946
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6547
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34701
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15264
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19060
20 Assembly Line 22000
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22819
22 Average Speed of Answer 26467
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22906
24 Batch Production 38000
25 Bill Discounting 14336
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11047
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7039
28 Blanket Release 9896
29 Bonded Warehouse 9966
30 Booking Number 13612
31 Bottleneck 9375
32 Buffer Stock 58801
33 Build to Stock 12826
34 Bullwhip Effect 9438
35 Business Logistics 25386
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12448
37 Capacity Management 40079
38 Capacity Utilization 13943
39 Capital Intensive 8264
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8569
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11991
42 Certified Supplier 8893
43 Channel Effectiveness 8848
44 Co-Destiny 9171
45 Co-managed Inventory 12341
46 Co-Packers 11659
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6749
48 Computer-Based Training 7597
49 Consular Invoice 19551
50 Container Depot 10507
51 Container Freight Station 10209
52 Continuous Replenishment 19349
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11953
54 Contract Carrier 7263
55 Contract of Affreightment 11307
56 Control Charts 7868
57 Cost Flow 10171
58 Courier Service 15073
59 CPFR 8120
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11668
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43814
62 Date Code 18031
63 Days of Supply 19674
64 Dead on Arrival 9093
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7208
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7996
67 Detective Control 8806
68 Devanning 14115
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10744
70 Dispatching 24159
71 Distributed Inventory 8260
72 Distribution Channel Management 34438
73 Distribution Metrics 8940
74 Distribution Planning 24061
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15054
76 Double Marginalization 52442
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22156
78 Dual 5368
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20465
80 Echelon Inventory 26017
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38124
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49332
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7517
84 Efficient Frontier 25263
85 Engineer-to-Order 31532
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16217
87 Erlang B Formula 9238
88 ETD 8223
89 Ex Works 7758
90 Exception Rate 13328
91 Exponential smoothing 9736
92 External Growth 9952
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9330
94 Field Services 7668
95 Field Warehouse 9881
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8625
97 Fishbone Diagram 14487
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26807
99 Flow Through Distribution 12190
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8059
101 FOB Destination 12894
102 Forward buying 29906
103 Freight Charge 10227
104 Freight Consolidation 7437
105 Gantt Chart 8210
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11595
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29389
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12565
109 Hub 23253
110 Idle Time 7972
 
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